Location:
500 Cheyney Road
Thornton, PA 19373

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 23
Thornton, PA 19373

Phone:
610-361-3200 ext. 256

Fax:
610-361-9689

Delaware County Council approved a resolution establishing oversight of the county jail with a County Jail Oversight Board at its Sept. 25, 2019 public council meeting. The new Jail Oversight Board replaces the former County Board of Prison Inspectors.

Report and Findings of Unannounced Inspection (4/4/24)

Report and Findings of Unannounced Inspection (8/9/23)

Alta Management report on May 11th comparing costs to neighboring counties and GEO overhead costs

GEO Jail Oversight Board Presentation on April 23


Meetings

The Delaware County Jail Oversight Board continues to hold hybrid public meetings in response to COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Meetings will be recorded live and in-person in the County Council Public Meeting Room with some participants joining remotely. Members of the public can watch the meeting online or attend in person. Residents who wish to attend the meetings in person are required to wear a mask during the meeting.

Public comment will be accepted in person and will no longer be accepted via email and by phone. The Board will livestream its meetings on this web page.

2025 Meetings

The Delaware County Jail Oversight Board will conduct their monthly meeting at 4:30 PM in the Delaware County Council Meeting Room, Government Center Building, Media, PA on the following dates:

DateAgendaMinutesVideo
January 14AgendaMinutes Video
February 11AgendaMinutesVideo
March 11AgendaMinutesVideo
April 8AgendaMinutesVideo
May 13AgendaMinutesVideo
June 10AgendaMinutesVideo
July 8AgendaMinutesVideo
August 12AgendaMinutesVideo
September 9AgendaMinutesVideo
October 14AgendaMinutesVideo
November 10AgendaMinutesVideo
December 9AgendaMinutesVideo

Board Reports

Report and Findings of Unannounced Inspection - December 8, 2022
 

Jail Board Resolutions

Resolution Calling for Expansion of Treatment for Immates with Opioid Use Disorder
 

Jail Oversight Board Members

  • Delaware County Councilman Kevin Madden, Chair
  • Delaware County Executive Director Barbara O'Malley, Vice Chair
  • Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge Margaret J Amoroso
  • Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge George Pagano
  • Delaware County Sheriff Jerry L. Sanders
  • Delaware County Controller Joanne Phillips
  • Brian Corson, Citizen Appointment
  • Jonathan King, Citizen Appointment
  • Deborah Love, Citizen Appointment

Email the Jail Oversight Board: JOB@co.delaware.pa.us